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Urbanisation and health in China. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
China has seen the largest human migration in history, and the country's rapid urbanisation has important consequences for public health. A provincial analysis of its urbanisation trends shows shifting and accelerating rural-to-urban migration across the
Carlton, Elizabeth J   +6 more
core   +1 more source

Visiting the Theatre of War: Fortresses, battlefields, and the bellicose past of the southern Low Countries (1697-1750)

open access: yesIncontri: Rivista Europea di Studi Italiani, 2014
Visitando il teatro della guerra. Fortezze, campi di battaglia, e memorie di guerra nei Paesi Bassi meridionali (1697-1750)Dagli ultimissimi anni del Seicento in poi, la zona sud-orientale dei Paesi Bassi meridionali, con città quali Liegi e Namur ...
Gerrit Verhoeven
doaj   +1 more source

Seeding the city: history and current affairs of urban agriculture [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
Urban agriculture has its history tied to the development of civilizations. Aiming to identify the benefits generated by the practice and its motivations, a literature review and later analysis of articles describing current experiences, management ...
Corrêa, Carina Júlia Pensa   +3 more
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The Kai Ba Lidai Shiji 开吧历代史记 an Autonomous History of the Chinese Community of Batavia/ Jakarta in the VOC Period [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
This essay critically examines the Kai Ba Lidai Shiji (Annals of Batavia), a Chinese history of Batavia which was written by an anonymous Chinese author around 1794 as part of the rather large corpus of Chinese archival sources about the history of the ...
Blussé, L. (Leonard)
core   +2 more sources

Urban History, Urban Health

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Public Health, 2001
Over the course of the 20th century, the United States became an urban nation: 80% of Americans now live in metropolitan areas. Supplying basic sanitary services—drinking water, sewers, and garbage removal—to these cities is a gargantuan task, yet most people have little understanding of urban infrastructure systems and their enormous regional ...
openaire   +3 more sources

Review of periodical articles [PDF]

open access: yes, 2000
One of the attractions of medieval urban history is the fact that major conceptual problems in the field continue to be debated. In a stimulating review article by J.H. Mundy, ’Philip Jones and the medieval Italian city-state‘, J.
Jenner, M., Luckin, B., Rosser, G.
core   +2 more sources

“Lviv Interactive” and Exploring Artists’ Spaces on a Digital Map

open access: yesColloquia Humanistica
The paper discusses the utilization of digital maps and an encyclopedia platform, hosted by the Center for Urban History in Lviv, to delve into the history of artistic milieus and practices within the spatial context of Lviv during the late 1980s.
Bohdan Shumylovych, Taras Nazaruk
doaj   +1 more source

Assessing Cognitive Functioning in Children With Brain Tumors: Interaction of Neighborhood Social Determinants of Health and Neurological Risk

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background This study investigated how neighborhood‐level social determinants of health (SDOH), including redlining and neurological risk, interact to influence cognitive outcomes in children treated for brain tumors (CTBT). Methods A retrospective chart review of 161 CTBT aged 5–17 was conducted.
Alannah R. Srsich   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Old industrial architecture XXI: Two approaches

open access: yesПроект Байкал, 2022
The article reviews projects of reconstruction of historical monuments of industrial architecture, which were worked out in Moscow during the last two decades.
Мария Нащокина
doaj   +1 more source

Re‐Awakening Public Attention to the Silent Pandemic of Cancer Among Older Adults in Low‐ and Middle‐Income Countries

open access: yesAging and Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT As global populations age, cancer is increasingly becoming a leading cause of morbidity and mortality among older adults, particularly in low‐ and middle‐income countries (LMICs). Despite accounting for the majority of new cancer cases and deaths, older individuals remain underrepresented in cancer research, clinical guidelines, and health ...
Ibrahim Bidemi Abdullateef   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

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